Arts & Culture

At face value, Under the Linden Trees is a gripping enough story to take in at Théâtre Cercle Molière: a daughter on a mission to recover the body of her brother who died while carrying out a terrorist attack. Some fifteen years earlier, her parents also were the perpetrators of a failed coup d’etat, and even though she abhors her family’s violent causes, she still sets out to retrieve her brother’s remains. 

Winnipeg’s arts and culture scene showcased a dynamic range this week, from drag star Thorgy Thor blending classical music and fashion with the WSO to a local church choir addressing the climate crisis through music.

Highlights also included a Canadian concerto premiere by the MCO, an AI-focused art exhibit, and the announcement of Ruby Award honourees.

Coming up this Sunday night, November 24th at 7pm at the Fort Garry Hotel, Jazz Winnipeg is inviting audiences to get their Groove on with the Very Groovy Things. 

The audience at the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra will be a mixture of classical music and drag fans. 

It’s a contrast that drag star Thorgy Thor knows all too well from her collaborations with orchestras – or, as she refers to them, Thorchestras. Speaking from her home in Brooklyn with Morning Light host Nolan Kehler, she says it’s something she loves to address. 

A series of workshops, conversations and presentations will culminate at the Video Pool Media Arts Centre in the Exchange District later today. The presentation, called Telling the Story of the End of the World, explores how artificial intelligence and art intersect and how artists can ethically use it as they speak to different large-scale issues in the world today, from climate change to rising authoritarianism.  

This Sunday, November 24th at 3pm at the Lutheran Church of the Cross, The Winnipeg Wind Ensemble will be holding a concert called Holidays and Holy Days. 

Tomorrow, at The Crescent Arts Centre, at 7:30pm, The Manitoba Chamber Orchestral is inviting audience members to sojourn in various places around the world. Places such as New York, Paris, The Netherlands, India, Brazil and even North Battleford, Saskatchewan. 

A new piece, never-before heard in western Canada, will be the cornerstone of a concert in River Heights this week addressing the realities and anxieties of climate change. 

As the seasons change in earnest in November, Classic 107 has chosen the perfect soundtrack to accompany change: The Seasons. Released by Deutsche Grammophone, the album features the piano cycle by Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky of the same name, recorded by the superstar Montreal pianist Bruce Liu.

When you walk into the Cr8ery Gallery on Adelaide Street in the Exchange District this month, you’ll see two walls filled with art using fibre in a variety of ways. You’ll also notice that as you journey further down the walls, the pieces become more and more similar until you get to two pieces in the back corner where the two styles collide.